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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Crtl shift a it's so obvious right... Right?!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I never knew about it until now and I've used GIMP often enough, but if I was going to assign a keyboard shortcut, that makes sense. Ctrl +A select all. Ctrl + Shift + A select none.

Shift is the oppositer (reverser?). Tab goes to next field, Shift + Tab goes in reverse order. Ctrl + T open new tab in browser, Ctrl + Shift + T reopen last closed tab - OK that's not exactly opposite but close enough.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Customizable keyboard binding is a major and widely overlooked aspect of accessibility For example checkout this thread on mozilla forums about keybinding customization in firefox

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/customizable-hotkeys/idi-p/4979

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/hotkeys-yes-please/m-p/59929/

This along with modifiable context menus and the ability to share control schemes would greatly improve most software for multiple tasks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Key bindings and a good GUI aren't mutually exclusive.

Key bindings are great for people that use the app a lot and want to be more efficient at the tasks they do most often in it. But most people aren't going to be learning keyboard shortcuts the first time they use an app. And if someone uses an app a few times and find it frustrating to use, they never use it enough to want to learn keyboard shortcuts to improve their efficiency with the app.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

i always just left clicked far away from the selection